Posted on March 16, 2010 by Nick
Ructions in the office today. I heard four words which always make the hairs on the back of my neck bristle with rage: “It’s not my job…” One of the things I tell people starting a business for the first time is that the buck stops with them. And that means everything is their job. [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2009 by Nick
Today, I have been interviewing interns (none of those jokes, please). Now, usually I would take this opportunity to criticise the state of the education system, and moan about how ill-prepared for the workplace today’s school and college leavers are. Every batch of CVs brings me another classic howler (this week we got ‘I am [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2009 by Nick
I’m not usually a fan of Human Resources departments. It’s not particularly the people who become HR consultants (there’s nothing congenitally wrong with ‘em); no – it’s the fact that I think it’s rather hard to bat for both sides at the same time. When times are good, there’s nothing to worry about. But when [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2009 by Nick
My friend and social networking dude Leon Benjamin has just posted an interesting piece about what he calls “fractional work”. He’s specifically referring to splitting a job into lots of small pieces, which can then be produced by different people. This is nothing new – Henry Ford’s genius in inventing the production line was that different [...]
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Posted on October 6, 2008 by Nick
One of the things they always say about business (I don’t know who ‘they’ are, but they’re right) is that you need a good team around you. Even if you’re a sole trader, you need a good accountant, assistance from friends, subcontractors etc. They’re all part of your team. Last Friday, I saw teamwork in [...]
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Posted on July 21, 2008 by Nick
There’s an old saying: “If you want to get a job done properly, you’ve got to do it yourself”. I have to admit, I have always been the sort of person who agreed with that. Like many entrepreneurs, I want everything done my way. And when other people do the job, it’s never quite how [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by Nick
The BBC’s businessfest that is “The Apprentice” has finally run its course for 2008; it returns in 2009. First, a fact. Did you know that Sir Alan Sugar was not the first choice of tycoon for the top man’s job? Sugar’s good friend and retail giant Sir Philip Green was the Beeb’s number one choice. [...]
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